The Baseball Thread Titled IX - play fair

The Tigers have now won 14 games in their final at bat.


And this one comes after Kenny Rogers gives up three in the first, then basically shuts down Cleveland.

 

Tiger broadcaster Rod Allen just said, "Placido Polanco, from the neck up, is one of the smartest players in the game."

Anybody who doesn't get to listen to Allen is really missing out. He's one of those guys you and your buddies start imitating after a couple pops.

 

The B.J. Upton third base experiment is going as planned...two errors tonight against BoSox.

 

Did Danny Ainge design it?

 

Manny: 2 for 4, 21 games.

 

And to think, the Royals had been on a tear ... too bad they had to play division foes again.

 

Aside from Zach Duke's craptastic first inning today, the Bucs have been pretty hot since the break, too. I'm still pissed they didn't pony up and acquire Ryan Shealy. Dude's gonna be a good one.

 

Tigers get a 1-0 victory with their No. 6 or 7 starter, Ledezma. And gain a game on the White Sox, who lost to Toronto 7-3.

 

Old news. That happened on Friday.

 

Twins finish a four-game sweep of the (once-again) hapless Royals, who walked everyone but me in the series.

And gain a game on the Shite Sox, who lost, but not on the Yankees, who won.

Another big three gamer with El Tigres. Hank, can we please get two of three this time?

We need them worse. And I'm not asking for a sweep. Just two of three.

We're not going to catch y'all. Spot us a game, if for no other reason than to keep Chicago out.

 

Just read the Joe Mauer feature in SI. Not too bad.

One thing struck me. Lately here at SportsJournalists.com, at the end of a joke someone will do the ol' (read: Hilton, Paris) reference thingy. Guess what appeared in the Mauer story? The same thing, though I forgot the exact reference. Made me think that the author of the story reads us here at SportsJournalists.com. And then I thought, "of course she does because SI is jealous of SportsJournalists.com."

Anyway, I didn't know Mauer was USA Today's player of the year in football AND baseball. Impressive.

Oh, and here's a picture I took yesterday. (read: parade, Shrine Game).